Macroergonomic Challenges in Implementation of Healthcare Information Technology

Abstract

The proposed Macroergonomics and Patient Safety panel will address the particular challenges of healthcare information technology (HIT) and Patient Safety. The development of information technology in health care remains a driving force in American health care facilities, yet little human factors and systems engineering information is available to improve the implementation of HIT. Given the complexity of clinical informatics technology and the intricacy of modern medical care, human factors (HF) and macroergonomic analysis (MA) are especially important in the design, implementation, and use of various HIT. HF and MA should be used to better understand the challenge of developing multi-perspective evaluations for this technology. The panel of experts' presentations and the discussion to follow will address current research on patient safety and integration of HIT.